About Us

Wilderness Inner-City Leadership Development (WILD) is a youth leadership program that provides opportunities for wilderness and inner city environmental education and leadership skills development.

WILD was established in 1997 as a community building program to encourage Asian and Pacific Islander youth to become responsible citizens for their communities. WILD is a program ofInterIm Community Development Association.

WILD is very active through volunteer projects, policy advocacy, service networks and other community building collaborative activities. WILD Youth engage in activities focused on air quality, environmental health, food justice, urban agriculture, nutrition and healthy cooking.

As a youth at WILD, you will learn about agricultural and human impacts on the natural environment. WILD connects API youth to different aspects of their environment.

Through WILD’s leadership curriculum, youth are more civically engaged, environmentally aware and invested in the health of their communities.

WILD primarily serves high-school aged youth between the ages 14-19 and who are of Asian Pacific Islander descent. WILD youth can choose to participate in any of the 3 programs offered during the school year: